Propertymark says the new Digital Possession Service is due to begin later this month, but the first phase will cover only social landlords in four…
Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill has renewed his call for Bank Rate to rise to 4 percent, a warning that could feed through…
Essential Information Group says residential auction sales fell 10.1 percent year on year in July 2026 as the national success rate slipped to 64.7 percent,…
NRLA says record rent tribunal volumes are raising the bar for landlords, with achieved rents and property condition now carrying more weight under the post-Renters'…
CIH and CIOB have issued new damp and mould guidance, sharpening pressure on landlords to prevent repeat problems and keep clearer evidence as housing-condition scrutiny…
Riskstop says plug-in solar panels became legal in Great Britain on 27 August, leaving landlords to weigh consent, electrical safety and insurance checks before tenants…
The Letting Partnership says up to £750 million could be sitting in unclaimed tenancy deposits, sharpening attention on how dormant balances are tracked, reconciled and…
Renters Reform Coalition has urged ministers to expand the PRS Database so it records rent levels, eviction data and stronger public access, warning the scheme…
Paragon Bank has cut fixed buy-to-let rates by 15 basis points while United Trust Bank has reduced selected specialist two-year deals by up to 50…
Croydon Council has delayed the start of its new additional HMO and selective licensing schemes until 25 September, pushing back a 1 September launch and…
SpareRoom is urging the Chancellor to raise the Rent a Room allowance to £11,000 a year, saying a bigger tax-free threshold could bring more lodger…
HBF and Paragon Bank say councils across England and Wales are short of an estimated 2,660 planners, with staffing now 20 percent below need and…
Nationwide says UK house prices rose 0.2 percent in August, leaving annual growth at 1.6 percent as the lender's latest index pointed to a subdued…
Paragon Bank says 28 percent of HMO landlords plan to spend more than £10,000 on improvements over the next 12 months, with compliance, energy work…
HMRC says the provisional seasonally adjusted count of UK residential property transactions fell to 96,710 in July, down 2 percent on June and 1 percent…
Hamptons says First-tier Tribunal rent rulings rose to 143 in July after the Renters' Rights Act changed the balance of risk for tenants, while average…
Lomond says tenants now spend 32.7 percent of income on rent, with the average UK monthly rent at £1,369 and average time to let stretched…
HMRC says capital gains tax liabilities hit a record £24.2 billion in 2024-25 after taxable gains rose to £127.3 billion, sharpening the tax backdrop for…
HMRC will begin signing up landlords and sole traders to Making Tax Digital from September if they should already be in the system, putting fresh…
NRLA-backed research says letting agents are now involved in 66 percent of private rented homes in England and Wales, giving the sector its highest agent-use…
Telford and Wrekin Council has withdrawn its smaller-HMO licensing designation after an NRLA challenge, removing proposed fees of more than £1,500 per property.
Rely has added 2.85% buy-to-let fixes with a 3.5% fee, Pepper offers five-year deals from 5.70%, and Santander has pulled fee-free options.
NRLA Living and Bidwells say Build to Rent delivered an average 61 percent of new homes across eight regeneration areas in research released on 17 September.
ModaMortgages has launched fee-free two- and five-year buy-to-let fixes from 4.19 percent, with HMO and MUFB rates from 4.29 percent.
Lendlord data from 5,235 landlords finds 79 percent use rolling tenancies only, while a separate survey found about 90 percent had not asked a solicitor to review their latest agreement.
Bank of England keeps Bank Rate at 3.75% after a 6-3 vote, while three MPC members backed an increase as energy costs lift the inflation outlook.
Zurich UK has investigated 17 cannabis farm claims worth £9.4m since January 2022, warning landlords about costly damage and long repairs.
Twenty7tec recorded a 22 percent annual fall in buy-to-let purchase searches in August, while landlord remortgage searches dropped 8 percent.
Government updated its HHSRS landlord guide on 16 September, clarifying the 21-hazard framework used by councils in England.
Lloyds Living has agreed 182 private rental homes across three East Midlands developments, with family houses making up most of the new stock.
ONS says UK private rents rose 3.8% to £1,400 in August while average house prices rose 1.4% to £273,000 in July.
MHCLG data shows fixed-wiring fires reached 2,575 in England in the year to March 2026, putting EICR checks back in focus for landlords.
EIG reports tenanted homes made up 10.2 percent of H1 auction sales, down from 13.3 percent in H1 2024 and close to 2025’s 9.9 percent.
North Tyneside Council proposes Article 4 controls from 6 August 2027, meaning small HMO conversions in eight wards would need planning permission.
HM Land Registry data shows 39,172 titles held by overseas companies are in Greater London, accounting for 43 percent of the England and Wales total.
